About Palohan Village

Palohan is a small village in Jogindarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 125, made up of 65 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palohan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palohan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Jogindarnagar
Pincode	176120
Area (hectares)	58.98 hectares
Population	125
Male Population	65
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palohan compares

By the 2011 count Palohan is the 152nd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 386 residents. Its 58.98 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1112.

Getting to Palohan

Palohan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palohan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palohan from other places

Palohan lies about 20 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 14 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Palohan
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jogindarnagar	14 km
District headquarters	Mandi	20 km

Villages closest to Palohan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jogindarnagar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Palohan

As per the Census of India 2011, Palohan village had a population of 125. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 386 residents.

Palohan village has 65 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palohan has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1112.

The pincode recorded for Palohan is 176120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palohan covers 58.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palohan falls under Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Palohan is Buffer Stop, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Palohan.

Palohan is about 20 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palohan is in Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Buffer Stop is about 14 km away. Jogindarnagar is about 14 km away. Mandi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.